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ram of action.
Let me j�tate briefly sonic of \he achie\enK-nt> of the'National. JCCA.
During the.-year 1947-48 your organization has: Gained naturalisation for the Japanese people; enabled the return of strandees to Canada; organized national machinery to assist claiments.
Mad<? vigorous representations to th^ Provincial and Federal Govern-menU' against discriminaV. tory legislation; enabled Japanese Canadian?''in H. C. to gain employment on. Crown Timber � Lands, 1'i'hlu- Workrs^nd .underground in Mines.
Made vigorous., representation to the 1>. C.. Government for the provincial franchise and gained the support...of the public and the press in this action....
Co-operated with "other Canadian organizations in the work of combatting race discrimination. Cave innumerable individual services to .Japanese Canadians..,
During the year 1948-49 your organization has:' .Made" further representations to the Federal Government which has effected lifting of the restrictions, on mo-vement of .Japanese Canadians to the Pacific Coastal area. ��''. Made further vigorous representations to the R C. Provincial Government and gained the provincial 'franchise for Japanese Canadians, � . Also gained for the Japanese Canadians: the I). C. Old Age Pension bonus of ten dollars; the right to vote at municipal; elections and Improvement .District Elections; ': obtaining hand logger's licenses; the right to learning and practising pharmacy; serving on ..�juries," etc.
Prepared and .distributed application forins for the readmissioa to Canada of strandees in'Jnpan-h submitted intnnnerable letters of application to Ottawa for the rcadmission to Canada of strandees;. gave every possible assis-
tance ses. .
.Submitted a brief to the Royai Commission on Japanese Canadian Property; carried out extensive liaison.work between claimants and counsel; made a delegation representation to the Commission appealing for greater consideration of claiments' cases.
Assisted Japanese Canadian fishermen to fish on the Pacific Coast without having to face strong discriminatory action by gaining support of the public and the press and the support of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union Convention held in Vancouver. which heard the Rxecutive '.Secretary's', address appealing for the fight of Japanese Canadians to unrestricted employment.
Combated latent public prejudice against the return to the Pacific Coast of Japanese Canadians by . talks given to Caucasian 'groups in .Vancouver and statements to the press by the Executive Secretary. - Continued to co-operate with other Canadian organizations in work in the important field of race relations.
Gave further imimmerable individual services to Japanese .Canadian's'across Canada.
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Young Married Couples
The Young Married Couples Group' will hold a meeting on Friday, Oct. 14, 8:15 p.m., in the Morley Punshon Room at the Metropolitan llnftcd Church.
It will be in the form of a work-night to prepare for the annual bazaar and tea which is to be held on Nov. 10. Proceeds of the project are to be used for church work and the children's Christmas party which is tentatively earmarked for Boxing Day. v-.'-:
The Sept. mooting Svas well attended and the members were treated to a musical . program with art isf s, Frank Kumagai and Miss Sachi Kagetsu providing the entertainment. A delightful poem recital was given by Mrs Koto Adaehi.
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What Is This Thing Called Bop?
People have often asked me. what is bebop? The only answer is�you can't tie or boil it down to a simple definition. The answer can be given in a technical explanation which would be meaningless and confusing, to the layman. It's safe to say that even the majority of the bop followers will confess ignorance when actually faced with the query.
The name, bchop, has sprung from the fact that many of the melodies and rhythmic ideas which the early exponent of bop played seemed to end with a staccato two-note phrase, suggesting the word, "bebop". Therefore this onomatopeiC' word was used to describe, the music. Some numbers had phrases which could be best described verbally by repeating the word, bebop, and got its title, from that situation. : The word, "rebop", was sometimes used but later dropped out of fashion. CHARACTERISTICS
Certain : characteristics form the .pattern of bop. The flatted fifth, the accenting of. upbeats, the uses of passing notes and intervals in the melodic line. But apart from learning characteristics, the technical explanation of bop can faze anyone.
Most of the bop pieces are based on the chords of I Got Rhythm,How High The Moon or the blues. How High The Moon is played so often at concerts and recording sessions that it is often referred, to as the national anthem of bebop, it is a common practice of hoppers to use the chords of well-known songs as Just You. Just Me, Stomping at the Savoy and AH The Things You are in order to construct their, own melodies.
Jazz has always been known as "hot". The musicians in the swing era played a harsh; raucous and bouncing jazz- "but the hoppers, play what is known as "cool" jazz�a restrained and relaxed sort of style..The beat is obviously there in the solos of the swing era men but the bop beat is peculiar. When a bopper takes off on a solo, he tends to get behind the beat of the rhythm section,- setting what is known as a /'lag-along" style. �The- drummer no longer uses the bass drum 'to set the beat but instead uses the top cymbals with a pronounced legato.
There can' be- a lot to be said about bop but delving mtodetail-od explanations can onlv lead to confusion. - Wkh the maturing of tn:s relatively new music, more people will eventually come to a bettor understanding of it,
I call it relatively new because bop ha* only ".come into public favour during the past
Students Club Holds First Fmhmon Dance
The Nisei Student* Club of f the University of Toronto held; their firs* general meeting of the ' 1949-50 term on Sept. 29 at the] Ketchum Hall on Davenport Road.
There was a Freshman Presentation Dance with Florence Watanabe (Occupational Therapy) chosen as Miss Freshie of 5T3. Raymond Moriyama (S.P.-S.) was chosen as Mr. Freshman of 5T3. The newcomers went through the traditional initiation ceremonies, and, a welcoming speech by Tom Matsui, last year's president of the N.S.C., completed the ceremony.
For those Freshman and Sophs who were unable to attend.the dance, here is the executive for 1949-50. Arnold Arai, president; Ayao Noguchi, treasurer; Phyllis Takenaka/ social convener; Osa-mu Shimizu, publicity director.
The N.S.C. will hold another meeting to elect three students for the positions of vice-president, secretary and social convener � 0. S.
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two years. But bop actually has been played since the early 19JO's although even the musicians themselves did not know they were creating a new music at that time. THE STORY ,
The story is a colourful; fascinating one; A handful of musicians started, the bop movement." Lester Young with his tenor sax work and Charlie Christian who jammed with the boys at historic Minton's, were the first to set this bop style, Kenny Clarke, Tad Dameron and Thelonius Monk were other early contributors.
But it was the spectacular rise of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to the heights that pushed bop to the top from out of the dives and the obscure jam sessions into fast-selling records and concerts. The tremendous commercial success of the Woody Herman Herd which often incorporated bop pieces" in their numbers helped immeasurably. Royd Racburn, Georgie Auld and Charlie Ventura also experimented with bop.
A new era in jazz is the result, Take it. from me, bebop is..here to st'av.
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